Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Katrín Jakobsdóttir (2015)

Katrín Jakobsdóttir ([ ˈkʰaːtʰrin ˈjaːkʰɔpsˌtouhtɪr̥ ]; born February 1, 1976 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic politician ( left-green movement ) and since November 2017 Prime Minister of Iceland. She was Minister for Education, Science and Culture from February 2009 to May 2013 and has been the chairwoman of the Left-Green movement since February 2013 .

Life

Katrín Jakobsdóttir completed her studies in Icelandic and French in 1999 . In 2004 she received at the University of Iceland the Master of Arts in Icelandic literature with a thesis on the popular Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason .

She has been a member of the Icelandic parliament for the constituency of Reykjavík North since 2007 . On February 1, 2009, she became Minister for Education, Science and Culture and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I government . She remained in office after the April 2009 elections as a member of the government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II . Her successor as Minister of Education was from May 23, 2013 Illugi Gunnarsson in the cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson .

From 2002 to 2003 she was chairwoman of the Young Left-Green Party and from 2003 to 2013 deputy party chairman. She has held the party chairmanship since 2013.

After the general election in Iceland in 2017 , the left-green movement became the second strongest force with almost 17 percent of the vote. Since the independence party with the strongest vote could not find a partner for coalition negotiations, Katrín Jakobsdóttir was commissioned to form a government. In a government alliance with the Independence Party and the Progress Party , she is Prime Minister of the Katrín Jakobsdóttir cabinet .

Family and personal

Katrín Jakobsdóttir's father Jakob Ármannsson was a banker and teacher. Her mother, the psychologist Signý Thoroddsen, was the daughter of the Althing MP Sigurður S. Thoroddsen . Katrin Jakobsdóttir is married and has three sons (born in 2005, 2007 and 2011).

Publications

• Glæpurinn sem ekki fannst: saga og þróun íslenskra glæpasagna . Háskolaútg, Reykjavík, 2001.
• Ice Cold Murders on the Icy Island: A History of Icelandic Crime Fiction . In: Jost Hindersmann (Ed.): Fjords, Elche, Murderers: the Scandinavian detective novel . NordPark, Wuppertal, 2006, ISBN 978-393-54211-6-4 , pp. 188-198.
• Criminal insight into Icelandic society: The crime novels by Arnaldur Indriðason . In: Jost Hindersmann (Ed.): Fjords, Elche, Murderers: the Scandinavian detective novel . NordPark, Wuppertal, 2006, ISBN 978-393-54211-6-4 , pp. 301-308.

Web links

Commons : Katrín Jakobsdóttir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile on the homepage of the Icelandic Parliament (Icelandic)
• Brief profile on the homepage of the Icelandic Parliament (English)
• Guðrún Helga Sigurðardóttir: Katrín Jakobsdóttir - party leader during times of change . Nordic Labor Journal, May 8, 2013 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Æviágrip: Katrín Jakobsdóttir. Alþingi, September 8, 2016, accessed October 29, 2016 (Icelandic). 
2. ↑ Left-Green Jakobsdóttir becomes Prime Minister of Iceland. In: The Standard . November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .